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OCC Announces Cleared Contract Volume in February Rose 8%

March 03, 2014
Chicago -

OCC announced today that total cleared volume in February reached 350,507,077 contracts, an 8 percent increase from the February 2013 volume of 325,237,351 contracts. OCC's year-to-date total cleared contract volume is up 8 percent in 2014 with 746,102,697 contracts.

Options: Exchange-listed options trading volume reached 344,908,034 in February, a 7 percent increase from the February 2013 volume of 320,943,312 contracts. Average daily options trading volume for the month was 18,153,055 contracts, 7 percent higher than February of last year. Year-to-date options trading volume is up 8 percent from 2013 with 734,729,169 contracts.

Futures: OCC cleared futures volume reached 5,599,043 contracts in February, a 30 percent increase from the February 2013 volume of 4,294,039 contracts. OCC cleared an average of 294,686 futures contracts per day last month, a 30 percent increase from February 2013. OCC's year-to-date cleared futures volume is up 38 percent with 11,373,528 contracts in 2014.

Securities Lending: OCC's securities lending CCP activities saw a 2 percent decline in new loans over February 2013 with 88,536 transactions last month. Year-to-date stock loan activity is up 2 percent from 2013 with 194,670 new loan transactions in 2014. The average daily loan value at OCC in February was $90,698,085,343.

 
February 2014 Total Contract Volume
February 2013 Total Contract Volume
Total Contract % Change vs. 2013
YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2014
YTD. Avg. Daily Contract 2013
Avg. Daily Contract % Change vs. 2013
Equity Options
307,184,466
292,572,720
4.99%
16,470,886
15,495,957
6.29%
Index Options
37,723,568
28,370,492
32.97%
1,897,343
1,554,413
22.06%
Debt Options
0
100
n/a
0
3
n/a
Total Options
344,908,034
320,943,312
7.47%
18,368,229
17,050,374
7.73%
Equity Futures
735,214
755,732
-2.71%
33,721
32,337
4.28%
Index / Other Futures
4,863,815
3,538,307
37.46%
250,617
173,921
44.10%
Total Futures
5,599,043
4,294,039
30.39%
284,338
206,257
37.86%
Total Volume
350,507,077
325,237,351
7.77%
18,652,567
17,256,631
8.09%
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